HGTV’s Jonathan Knight Spent Big on a Custom Luxury Kitchen—Even Though He Admits He Doesn’t Cook

When New Kids on the Block member and HGTV star Jonathan Knight isn’t on the road touring or filming home renovations in cities across the country, the Boston native heads to the neighborhood block that truly makes his heart sing—a dead-end street in Essex, MA. Knight owns four adjacent homes, including a traditional farmhouse he fixed up for himself and husband Harley Rodriquez. The 7-acre rural estate is the singer's preferred place to recharge, where he also keeps busy tending to the garden and a menagerie of farm animals.Despite living in the historical coastal town on and off for nearly 40 years, it hasn't always been a tranquil refuge for Knight. When he first moved to Essex, NKOTB had hit it big with the 1988 release of its second studio album, "Hangin' Tough." Fans soon turned his home into an unauthorized tourist attraction.“When I was 20, I bought my first house. It was 12,000 square feet on 20 acres, and it was secluded. It was the most peaceful place to go in Essex, but that was in our heyday. So when I would go home, people would just pull up the driveway and get out of the car and knock on the front door,” Knight, 57, tells Realtor.com® in the latest Celebrity Sanctua...